Authorities say 287 killed and 167 others missing after heavy rains caused rivers to burst their banks in South Kivu province.
The death toll following flooding and landslides in the Democratic Republic of Congo this week has risen to at least 401, according to Theo Ngwabidje Kasi, governor of South Kivu province in the east of the central African country.
At least 176 people were reported dead on Friday and many more missing as humanitarian workers recovered scores of bodies. A further 205 people were seriously injured in the flooding caused when rivers burst their banks following heavy…